| Part of speech | common noun |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /pɛst/ |
| Hyphenation | pest |
| Gender | historically feminine, nowadays also masculine |
| Czech | mor |
|---|---|
| Danish | pest |
| English | pestilence; plague |
| Esperanto | pesto |
| French | peste |
| German | Pest |
| Luxemburgish | Pescht |
| Norwegian | pest |
| Portuguese | peste |
| Russian | чума |
| Saterland Frisian | Pest |
| Spanish | peste |
| Swedish | pest |